Israeli forces kill Palestinian camper near Egypt border 'without threat'
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian citizen who was desert camping near the Egyptian border on Friday without apparent cause, according to his family.
The body of Yassin Abu Ruwais, 18, from the village of Bir Haddaj in the Negev region, was found by travellers passing through the area of the Halutza Sands southwest of Beersheba, according to Haaretz.
His father, Suleiman Abu Ruwais told news outlet Arab48 his son had gone on an overnight camping trip with his friends at a desert tourist spot, not far from his village.
"On Friday evening, news and rumours spread that the Israeli army had shot a young man from the village. A few minutes later, I received the news that he was my son Yassin and that he had been transferred by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba," Suleiman said.
"I went to the hospital immediately and there I learnt that he had died."
"This news came as a shock to us. It is very painful news that I did not expect at all, and I do not wish it on anyone."
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